as in addicting
causing or relating to a physiological need for certain drugs
an addictive painkiller
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The other thing that makes something addictive is the quantity and frequency of exposure.
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Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
The packaging of the products shifts but the content inside and its addictive properties do not.
—Shalini Singh, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2025
Geragos molded Combs’s relationships with Ventura and Jane into nasty little afternoon soaps: the passionate meeting, the descent into addictive toxicity, infidelity and violence on both sides, the separation, and, ex post facto, the financial revenge.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
Peacock’s addictive, backstabby reality series The Traitors is often compared with Mafia, the party game played at sleepovers, summer camps, and game nights since the early ’90s.
—Jason Anthony, Vulture, 1 July 2025
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Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 5 July 2025
The packaging of the products shifts but the content inside and its addictive properties do not.
—Shalini Singh, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2025
Geragos molded Combs’s relationships with Ventura and Jane into nasty little afternoon soaps: the passionate meeting, the descent into addictive toxicity, infidelity and violence on both sides, the separation, and, ex post facto, the financial revenge.
—Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
Peacock’s addictive, backstabby reality series The Traitors is often compared with Mafia, the party game played at sleepovers, summer camps, and game nights since the early ’90s.
—Jason Anthony, Vulture, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for addictive
addicting
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Crunchy and creamy, tangy and briny, this dill pickle dip is an addicting concoction that will be welcome at any gathering.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
3 July 2025
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And yet, this unexpectedly addicting appetizer disappeared quickly from the buffet table, and everyone was bestowing compliments on me.—
Jill Schildhouse,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Addictive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/addictive. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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